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World of Warcraft allows you to design your own custom game characters. You can transfer your favorite WoW character to another server (commonly called a "realm") if it has been over 90 days since the realm was launched. Transferring a character to another server requires paying a transfer fee to Blizzard. As of June 2012, this fee is $25 per character. Tax is added to the fee if you live in certain states such as Texas or New Mexico.

1. Log in to your World of Warcraft account and access the "Account Management" section.

2. Clear your character's mailbox and auctions. If your character is currently the leader of a guild or Arena team, you must transfer the leadership to another member, or you can disband your guild or team. Guild leaders and Arena team leaders are not transferable.

3. Click "Character Services" at the bottom of your WoW account page.

4. Click "Character transfer," then click the "Paid Character Transfer" button and follow the on-screen directions.

5. Input your credit card information when prompted and any other information requested. You will be asked to verify that the information you entered is correct.

6. Click to confirm that the information is correct and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the character transfer process. You should be given an estimated time of how long it will take to transfer your character to another server.

7. Check your email for a confirmation letter from World of Warcraft. It may take up to five days for your character to be transferred to the new realm.

Tips

All of your character's belongings including equipment, pets, inventory items and gold will be transferred with the character to the new server.

You may not be able to transfer your World of Warcraft character to a realm that is densely populated or to one that will offer a free character-migration day to or from the server in the near future.

Warning

Once you initiate the transfer process to move your character, you should not play that character until the transfer is complete. Logging in to the transferred character may make the transfer process take longer or may even prevent the transfer from occurring.

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Alexis Rohlin is a professional writer for various websites. She has produced works for Red Anvil Publishing and was one of the top 10 finalists in the 2007 Midnight Hour Short Story Contest for OnceWritten.com. Rohlin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in English from Madonna University.